Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-19

the question OF removal. ten for Yankton
and nine for Mitchell, counting Mar
tin for the former and Weiser for the
latter. The Yankton people took advan-
tage of the situation, and carried q motion
IinstructiDg the committee having the bill in
charge to report it without delay, the pur-
pose being to get it before the council and
kill it on q motion to pass. Unexpectedly
Martin voted against the motion, but
equally to the surprise of the Mitchell
people Weiser voted in favor of it. 1t is
claimed that when it comes to the final
vote Martin will 60 with Yankton. which
will give that side two majority. When it
became known to the Mitchell party what
was on foot, they made haste to hunt up
Allen, who was in the city. He claimed to
have been paired with Washabaugh, but it
il said the fact was developed that he was
paired on q lot of other questions except
the court removal. In explanation o! the
change in the aspect of affairs it is asserted
tonight that Weiser and Allen have gone
permanently over to Yankton, and that in
return for their votes on this question
they are to be helped through with Weiser's
bill, now in the hands of the Committee on
Railroads, enlarging the powers OF the Rail-
road Commissioners. Unless other dispo-
sition is made of it the Removal bill will
come to final vote, but it Is said before
this is done motion is to be carried in
| structing the Committee on Railroads to
report back Weiser's bill forthwith. It
certainly looks now as though Mitchell
was worsted, but experience shows that it
isn't safe to count combination chickens
before they are hatched.
Gone On Long Hunt.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba, February 1S.-
Another effort is about to be made to dis
cover the north pole. Last evening Alex
Macarthur, a gentleman well up in the sci
ences. and who has made O special study OF
Arctic explorations, accompanied by
drug clerk named Young, started for Sell
kirk with load of provisions, about 1 400
pounds, his destiny being the north pole.
For a long time Mr.. Macarthur has been
in communication with the Smithsonian
institution at Washington and other scien-
tific institutions of the United States with
a view to making explorations in the
northern seas, and, if possible, pushing
northward in the ultimate hope OF discov-
ering the north pole. In quiet
way Macarthur went on perfect
ing his arrangements, providing himself
with d complete outfit, including cooking
utensils, canvas boat weighing twenty
seven pounds, firearms and four years am
munition. Before he left he stated that he
would probably not return for two or
three years. He spoke of going to Baffin's
bay to look for musk OK. He will also
make geological collections, coast maps,
etc., and if he fails in his great object he
will have made trip which will be valua-
bic from a scientific point of view. His
plan was to take dog trains from Selkirk.
but as they could not be procured he de-
cided to take dog train and start across
the lakes. McArthur's object in starting
early was to permit of the horses being re-
turned before the ice on the lakes breaks
up. At York Factory he will provide
himself with additional necessities before
star ing further north. He took with him
a letter of credit for 81, 500 On the Hudson
Bay Company, York Factory; also large
supply of trinkets, ETC., such as might
please the native eye. From York Factory
he expects to travel by dog train. He also
took a supply OF scientific instruments, the
use of which he thoroughly understands.
Macarthur is thoroughly convinced that
his plan is the only feasible one to accom-
plish the end. He has secured assistance
from some American papers, and it is
American money entirely on which he is
making the adventure.